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The extremist movement known as Ansar ul-Furqan Iran launched a Telegram channel under the al-Faruq Media banner, on 26 June 2017. The group wishes to destroy the Iranian regime and establish a Sunni rather than Shia theocracy. The group operates on the Iranian-Pakistan border and Balochistan.

The narrator Abu Uqayl, from Singapore and speaking in English, beckons "believers from the four corners of the world" to "join the ranks of the mujahideen in East Asia" to fight the crusaders, otherwise "make your way to Sham, Khurasan, Yemen, West Africa and Libya." Uqayl, the first Singaporean to headline a video, called out England's Prince Harry specifically due to Harry's trip to Singapore.

The Department of State has designated Tony-Lee Thulsie and Brandon-Lee Thulsie as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) under Section 1(b) of Executive Order (E.O.) 13224. E.O. 13224 imposes strict sanctions on foreign persons determined to have committed, or pose a significant risk of committing, acts of terrorism that threaten the security of U.S. nationals or the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States.

In July 2017 Ansar Ghazwat ul-Hind announced it's formation via the al-Qaeda affiliated Global Islamist Media Front (GIMF) Telegram channel by early September they had already released their first video.